Pelton Fell

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 54.8580
longitude= -1.6066
official_name= Pelton Fell
population=
shire_district= Chester-le-Street
shire_county = County Durham
region= North East England
constituency_westminster= North Durham
post_town= CHESTER-LE-STREET
postcode_district = DH2
postcode_area= DH
dial_code= 0191
os_grid_reference= NZ252515

Pelton Fell is a village in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, in England. It is situated a short distance to the north-west of Chester-le-Street centre. It was the site of a 19th and 20th century coal mine, although very few traces of the mine remain today. Primarily residential, although it does have a small village shop, two doctor's surgeries, a Working men's club was closed and demolished March 2008, and a small industrial estate. It also contains a Bar/Restaurant at the far end of the village and a hotel opened in April 2007. This is the area traditionally referred to as Hett Hills.

A substantial proportion of the village is made up of pre- and post- second world war council houses, many of which (particularly in the north of the village) have been bought under the right to buy scheme. The village is split into two sides. Pelton fell side ( north side) and Station lane side which has a park and a beautiful bowling green and newer private detached houses.

A council sponsored redevelopment of the village began in 2004, with significant number of council houses, and a small number of private houses, demolished to make way for more modern accommodation, which is to be a mix of social and private housing.

In February 2008 Pelton Fell hit the headlines when a resident of the village, Kelly McKitten, aged 31, was murdered. She was battered to death in her home. Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder.

External links

* [http://www.durham-miner.org.uk/miner/projects.nsf/581cd74a9c6aa8b080256d48003758cb/1047ed119f15bbb480256e860046776f?OpenDocument History of Pelton Fell ]

Jack (John) Lines rose from a large family in Tennyson Avenue to become the chairman of Chester-le-street district council and a Justice of the Peace. He was proud of his roots in the 'Fell and was a keen spokesman for the 'ordinary folks'. He died in 1999.